Comparison of alpha-element-enhanced simple stellar population models with Milky Way globular clusters

Lee, H-C; Worthey, G; Dotter, Aaron

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Comparison of alpha-element-enhanced simple stellar population models with Milky Way globular clusters

Date

2009

Authors

Lee, H-C

Worthey, G

Dotter, Aaron

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Abstract

We present simple stellar population (SSP) models with scaled-solar and α-element-enhanced abundances. The SSP models are based on the Dartmouth Stellar Evolution Database, our library of synthetic stellar spectra, and a detailed systematic variation of